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University of Charleston celebrates athletics success with 'A Night at the Nest'
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The University of Charleston is having great athletic success this academic year, so it celebrated those achievements with "A Night at the Nest." Winning is not easy to do, especially in today's college athletics with the transfer portal and NIL, but UC athletics has had great success and wanted to recognize it.
Big Reds have strong showing in MSAC track
CHARLESTON — During Friday’s Mountain State Athletic Conference championship track meet contested at the University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field, the Parkersburg girls finished third and the red and white boys placed fourth overall as Huntington swept the meet with Cabell Midland finishing runner-up on both sides.
Dirty Birds walk it off 8-7 over Gastonia
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The Charleston Dirty birds needed 11 innings to pull off an 8-7 walk off win over Gastonia. Charleston once trailed 5-2 before rallying for the win. Gastonia's Jack Reinheimer broke a 2-2 tie with a solo homerun in the third inning. Gastonia scored three times...
Gannon makes first NCAA softball tournament since 2019
For the first time since 2019, the Gannon softball team is NCAA tournament bound. The Lady Knights earned the number seven seed in the 2024 Atlantic Regional and will face West Chester Thursday afternoon at 2:30 pm at host Charleston, WV.
James Long is Returning Home to Lead the University of Charleston
Former West Virginia University guard James Long is expected to become the next head coach for the University of Charleston men’s basketball team. Long returned to coaching last season at Davidson Day High School after spending the previous year as the COO of Court XIV and General Manager of the Carolina Factory. Long led Davidson Day to its second men’s basketball state title after defeating Greenfield 74-64 in the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 2A state championship game.
Softball Recap: Layton Johnson leads Keyser to victory over Berkeley Springs
In what's become a running theme this season, Keyser gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. They never let the Berkeley Springs Indians onto the board and left with a 14-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Keyser. Layton Johnson made a big impact while hitting...
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